{photo credit: molly landon}
im a mom.
holy smokes. sometimes i still cant believe it. i cant believe that this perfect little human is mine. that he is in fact a human.
i am completely smitten with this boy. and i cannot fathom that he has been in my life for almost 2 months. for only 2 months.
its true, you forget what your life was like without them in it. and honestly im ok not remembering because life with him is ten times better.
sam and i had placed our bets when baby g would make his debut. my guess was september 28. sams was october 5. my due date was october 2.
september 28 came and went and to my disappointment i was wrong. however that day i was feeling pretty tired. the few days before i had had a crazy burst of energy and was more productive than i had been in literally 9 months. some of our awesome friends brought us some ice cream that night and we went to bed early.
well at 2:30 am i woke up...
i had been dreaming, but knew i wasnt quite dreaming {i know it doesnt make sense}... and thought i had maybe peed the bed! yikes! so i got out of bed and realized my water had broke.
amazingly i hadnt felt a single contraction up to that point. i am so grateful! however i had been diagnosed with group b strep, so my doctor informed me that as soon as my water broke or when my contractions were 7 minutes apart -whichever came first- i needed to get to the hospital to get antibiotics.
so sam and i got ready {me slower than him} and made our way to the hospital about an hour later. around 4 am my contractions started. not too terrible at first, but oh man! people tell you it hurts, but i had no idea. around 7 am they measured me... i was only at a 1! what?! so my nurse told me to walk around. i only made it half way down the hallway and then my contractions were so bad i found myself bent over in the hallway puking my guts out. not a pretty sight.
after a wheelchair ride back to my room, i begged the nurse to call the anesthesiologist for my epidural. OH THAT BLESSED EPIDURAL!!!
around 9 or 9:30 {i cant remember} i got the juice.
night and day. i went from the worst pain i had ever experienced to taking a nice little snooze.
at 12 noon i felt a lot of pressure and knew i needed to push. sure enough it was time. and at 1 pm on the dot my little babe was born!! everything went as smooth as i could have hoped. and trust me i hoped and i prayed!!!
september 29 2012 : 1 pm
7 lbs 6 oz
20 1/2 inches long
and OH SO PERFECT
it took us a few days to choose his name. i think we always knew it would be gibson, but for some reason we just needed to see his face.
gibson scott geddes is the perfect baby. he sleeps, eats, is wide eyed for 30 mins and repeats.
{this is obviously the condensed version of his birth story, but i figured i should get at least something out there!}
